Bruce Lee: The first great Mixed Martial Artist?

[koto_ryu]

If I say anything said before, I apologize as I really don't feel like reading all those posts.

Cross-training and combining martial arts is far from new. Take your average samurai back in the days of feudal Japan. He was not only a skilled sword fighter but also with kyudo (archery), yaris, naginatas, staves, knives, and a variety of other weapons. They were also skilled in unarmed combat, many training in various forms of jujitsu as they realized their weapons would not always be on hand. Martial artists learned quickly from back then that the more you knew the more likely you were to survive, and Bruce Lee just helped bring that to light and make it a popular idea.

[gungfuhero]

That's a good point, but what really sets JKD apart is its formlessness. Cross-training isn't essential to JKD, merely a convenient tool in helping one detach from the limits of style.

[koto_ryu]

That's a good point, but what really sets JKD apart is its formlessness. Cross-training isn't essential to JKD, merely a convenient tool in helping one detach from the limits of style.

Formlessness being defined as what? Freedom to do things your own way and individualize it to yourself? JKD is far from being the only martial art that allows you to do that.

[ThebruceX]

JKD isn't a martial art